Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 8. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS · Part 2. MEETINGS AND ACTION OF THE BOARD
14-3-821. Action taken without meeting.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken at a board of directors’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken in accordance with subsection (c) of this Code section.#
- (b)
A director’s consent may be withdrawn by a revocation signed by the director and delivered to the corporation prior to delivery to the corporation of unrevoked written consents signed by all the directors required for an action to be taken.#
- (c)
Action taken without a meeting shall be taken by all members of the board, unless the articles or bylaws specifically permit such action to be taken by less than all, but not less than a majority of the board. The action must be evidenced by one or more consents in writing or by electronic transmission describing the action taken, signed by no fewer than the required number of directors, and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes for filing with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.#
- (d)
Action taken under this Code section is effective when the last required signed consent is delivered to the corporation, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.#
- (e)
A consent signed and delivered by a director under this Code section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.#
- (f)
Except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, whenever this chapter, the articles, or the bylaws require the signature of a director, the signature may be manual, facsimile, conformed, or electronic.#
History
Code 1981, § 14-3-821, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 40; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.
Amendments
The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, substituted “subsection (c) of this Code section” for “subsection (b) of this Code section” at the end of subsection (a); added present subsection (b); redesignated former subsections (b) through (d) as present subsections (c) through (e); in present subsection (d), substituted “when the last required signed consent is delivered to the corporation, unless” for “when the last director signs the consent, unless”; and added subsection (f).
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 113 to 114; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.
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